CIO Update for the Week of Aug 8

This is the last week before many of the freshmen start arriving for orientation classes. Enjoy the last week of easy parking on the college campuses! In looking at the calendar for the week of August 8th, the following items of general interest are worth commenting on:

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The Project Helios Executive Sponsor Meeting will be held on Tuesday.

The Maestro Steering Committee will meet on Wednesday.

Graduation services will take place this coming week across many of the campuses.

System Policy 29.01.04 has been distributed for comment. The purpose of the change is to no longer require a member rule which is consistent with 29.01.01, 29.01.02, and 29.01.03.

The Board of Regents approved the appointment of Dee Childs to become the new CIO and Vice President for Information Technology at TAMU.

Hootsuitewill enable members to manage social networks, schedule messages and measure social media from a dashboard under a master contract. (discretionary)

Modo Labs provides mobile application development support for all members. (discretionary)

Proofpoint email filtering and data loss prevention tools are available for all members. (in annual assessment)

Security Operations Center(in annual assessment)

Siteimprove checks web pages, every five days, for spelling, grammar, broken links and accessibility. The cost is 54 cents per web page per year. Any member interested in adding this service need to contact me directly. (discretionary)